A parliamentary question regarding the accuracy of land acquisition figures for the Browse LNG precinct in the Kimberley, with the Minister disputing the Kimberley Land Council's estimate and directing the questioner to publicly available documents.

AnsweredQoN 669Legislative Council
Asked
15 September 2010
Portfolio
State Development

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LNG PRECINCT, KIMBERLEY — PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
Further to question without notice 636 asked on Thursday, 9 September 2010 and a question without notice asked last night — (1) Is the statement pertaining to the compulsory acquisition—notifications of intention to take—of 20 571 hectares of land and sea, as stated by the Kimberley Land Council on the ABC, correct? (2) If no to (2), why not? (3) Will the minister table a map or maps of areas of the notifications of intention to take by the government outlining the 7 457 hectares of land and the 2 664.6 hectares of seabed? (4) If no to (3), why not? Hon NORMAN MOORE

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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) No. (2) It appears that the Kimberley Land Council’s estimate of 20 571 hectares has been derived from an incorrect summation of the areas referred to in three separate public notifications, where the roads and service corridors and overlapping areas appear to have been counted multiple times. As stated in Hansard in answer to question without notice 653, it is proposed that the following areas of land will be acquired by government for the Browse LNG precinct: 2 090 hectares for processing and port land; 400 hectares for accommodation and light industrial land; and 1 040 hectares for port waters. An additional unfenced ancillary area is required for onshore pipelines, roads and services that will total up to 968 hectares of land. Up to 1 197 hectares of seabed is required for offshore pipelines out to the three nautical mile limit of state waters. To allow sufficient flexibility to identify a final location for each component of the Browse LNG precinct and associated infrastructure, taking into account Aboriginal cultural heritage concerns as well as environmental and geotechnical considerations, the total physical area of land the subject of compulsory acquisition is 7 457 hectares, and 2 664.6 hectares of seabed. (3)–(4) The deposited plans referred to in the above public notifications are public documents and are available from Landgate. The notices indicate that the plans may be inspected at the Department of Regional Development and Lands, Midland Square, Midland from Monday to Friday between 8.00 am and 5.00 pm, except on public holidays.
(1) Is the statement pertaining to the compulsory acquisition—notifications of intention to take—of 20 571 hectares of land and sea, as stated by the Kimberley Land Council on the ABC, correct? (2) If no to (2), why not? (3) Will the minister table a map or maps of areas of the notifications of intention to take by the government outlining the 7 457 hectares of land and the 2 664.6 hectares of seabed? (4) If no to (3), why not? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) No. (2) It appears that the Kimberley Land Council’s estimate of 20 571 hectares has been derived from an incorrect summation of the areas referred to in three separate public notifications, where the roads and service corridors and overlapping areas appear to have been counted multiple times. As stated in Hansard in answer to question without notice 653, it is proposed that the following areas of land will be acquired by government for the Browse LNG precinct: 2 090 hectares for processing and port land; 400 hectares for accommodation and light industrial land; and 1 040 hectares for port waters. An additional unfenced ancillary area is required for onshore pipelines, roads and services that will total up to 968 hectares of land. Up to 1 197 hectares of seabed is required for offshore pipelines out to the three nautical mile limit of state waters. To allow sufficient flexibility to identify a final location for each component of the Browse LNG precinct and associated infrastructure, taking into account Aboriginal cultural heritage concerns as well as environmental and geotechnical considerations, the total physical area of land the subject of compulsory acquisition is 7 457 hectares, and 2 664.6 hectares of seabed. (3)–(4) The deposited plans referred to in the above public notifications are public documents and are available from Landgate. The notices indicate that the plans may be inspected at the Department of Regional Development and Lands, Midland Square, Midland from Monday to Friday between 8.00 am and 5.00 pm, except on public holidays.
(2) If no to (2), why not? (3) Will the minister table a map or maps of areas of the notifications of intention to take by the government outlining the 7 457 hectares of land and the 2 664.6 hectares of seabed? (4) If no to (3), why not? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) No. (2) It appears that the Kimberley Land Council’s estimate of 20 571 hectares has been derived from an incorrect summation of the areas referred to in three separate public notifications, where the roads and service corridors and overlapping areas appear to have been counted multiple times. As stated in Hansard in answer to question without notice 653, it is proposed that the following areas of land will be acquired by government for the Browse LNG precinct: 2 090 hectares for processing and port land; 400 hectares for accommodation and light industrial land; and 1 040 hectares for port waters. An additional unfenced ancillary area is required for onshore pipelines, roads and services that will total up to 968 hectares of land. Up to 1 197 hectares of seabed is required for offshore pipelines out to the three nautical mile limit of state waters. To allow sufficient flexibility to identify a final location for each component of the Browse LNG precinct and associated infrastructure, taking into account Aboriginal cultural heritage concerns as well as environmental and geotechnical considerations, the total physical area of land the subject of compulsory acquisition is 7 457 hectares, and 2 664.6 hectares of seabed. (3)–(4) The deposited plans referred to in the above public notifications are public documents and are available from Landgate. The notices indicate that the plans may be inspected at the Department of Regional Development and Lands, Midland Square, Midland from Monday to Friday between 8.00 am and 5.00 pm, except on public holidays.
(3) Will the minister table a map or maps of areas of the notifications of intention to take by the government outlining the 7 457 hectares of land and the 2 664.6 hectares of seabed? (4) If no to (3), why not? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) No. (2) It appears that the Kimberley Land Council’s estimate of 20 571 hectares has been derived from an incorrect summation of the areas referred to in three separate public notifications, where the roads and service corridors and overlapping areas appear to have been counted multiple times. As stated in Hansard in answer to question without notice 653, it is proposed that the following areas of land will be acquired by government for the Browse LNG precinct: 2 090 hectares for processing and port land; 400 hectares for accommodation and light industrial land; and 1 040 hectares for port waters. An additional unfenced ancillary area is required for onshore pipelines, roads and services that will total up to 968 hectares of land. Up to 1 197 hectares of seabed is required for offshore pipelines out to the three nautical mile limit of state waters. To allow sufficient flexibility to identify a final location for each component of the Browse LNG precinct and associated infrastructure, taking into account Aboriginal cultural heritage concerns as well as environmental and geotechnical considerations, the total physical area of land the subject of compulsory acquisition is 7 457 hectares, and 2 664.6 hectares of seabed. (3)–(4) The deposited plans referred to in the above public notifications are public documents and are available from Landgate. The notices indicate that the plans may be inspected at the Department of Regional Development and Lands, Midland Square, Midland from Monday to Friday between 8.00 am and 5.00 pm, except on public holidays.
(4) If no to (3), why not? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) No. (2) It appears that the Kimberley Land Council’s estimate of 20 571 hectares has been derived from an incorrect summation of the areas referred to in three separate public notifications, where the roads and service corridors and overlapping areas appear to have been counted multiple times. As stated in Hansard in answer to question without notice 653, it is proposed that the following areas of land will be acquired by government for the Browse LNG precinct: 2 090 hectares for processing and port land; 400 hectares for accommodation and light industrial land; and 1 040 hectares for port waters. An additional unfenced ancillary area is required for onshore pipelines, roads and services that will total up to 968 hectares of land. Up to 1 197 hectares of seabed is required for offshore pipelines out to the three nautical mile limit of state waters. To allow sufficient flexibility to identify a final location for each component of the Browse LNG precinct and associated infrastructure, taking into account Aboriginal cultural heritage concerns as well as environmental and geotechnical considerations, the total physical area of land the subject of compulsory acquisition is 7 457 hectares, and 2 664.6 hectares of seabed. (3)–(4) The deposited plans referred to in the above public notifications are public documents and are available from Landgate. The notices indicate that the plans may be inspected at the Department of Regional Development and Lands, Midland Square, Midland from Monday to Friday between 8.00 am and 5.00 pm, except on public holidays.
Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) No. (2) It appears that the Kimberley Land Council’s estimate of 20 571 hectares has been derived from an incorrect summation of the areas referred to in three separate public notifications, where the roads and service corridors and overlapping areas appear to have been counted multiple times. As stated in Hansard in answer to question without notice 653, it is proposed that the following areas of land will be acquired by government for the Browse LNG precinct: 2 090 hectares for processing and port land; 400 hectares for accommodation and light industrial land; and 1 040 hectares for port waters. An additional unfenced ancillary area is required for onshore pipelines, roads and services that will total up to 968 hectares of land. Up to 1 197 hectares of seabed is required for offshore pipelines out to the three nautical mile limit of state waters. To allow sufficient flexibility to identify a final location for each component of the Browse LNG precinct and associated infrastructure, taking into account Aboriginal cultural heritage concerns as well as environmental and geotechnical considerations, the total physical area of land the subject of compulsory acquisition is 7 457 hectares, and 2 664.6 hectares of seabed. (3)–(4) The deposited plans referred to in the above public notifications are public documents and are available from Landgate. The notices indicate that the plans may be inspected at the Department of Regional Development and Lands, Midland Square, Midland from Monday to Friday between 8.00 am and 5.00 pm, except on public holidays.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) No. (2) It appears that the Kimberley Land Council’s estimate of 20 571 hectares has been derived from an incorrect summation of the areas referred to in three separate public notifications, where the roads and service corridors and overlapping areas appear to have been counted multiple times. As stated in Hansard in answer to question without notice 653, it is proposed that the following areas of land will be acquired by government for the Browse LNG precinct: 2 090 hectares for processing and port land; 400 hectares for accommodation and light industrial land; and 1 040 hectares for port waters. An additional unfenced ancillary area is required for onshore pipelines, roads and services that will total up to 968 hectares of land. Up to 1 197 hectares of seabed is required for offshore pipelines out to the three nautical mile limit of state waters. To allow sufficient flexibility to identify a final location for each component of the Browse LNG precinct and associated infrastructure, taking into account Aboriginal cultural heritage concerns as well as environmental and geotechnical considerations, the total physical area of land the subject of compulsory acquisition is 7 457 hectares, and 2 664.6 hectares of seabed. (3)–(4) The deposited plans referred to in the above public notifications are public documents and are available from Landgate. The notices indicate that the plans may be inspected at the Department of Regional Development and Lands, Midland Square, Midland from Monday to Friday between 8.00 am and 5.00 pm, except on public holidays.
(1) No. (2) It appears that the Kimberley Land Council’s estimate of 20 571 hectares has been derived from an incorrect summation of the areas referred to in three separate public notifications, where the roads and service corridors and overlapping areas appear to have been counted multiple times. As stated in Hansard in answer to question without notice 653, it is proposed that the following areas of land will be acquired by government for the Browse LNG precinct: 2 090 hectares for processing and port land; 400 hectares for accommodation and light industrial land; and 1 040 hectares for port waters. An additional unfenced ancillary area is required for onshore pipelines, roads and services that will total up to 968 hectares of land. Up to 1 197 hectares of seabed is required for offshore pipelines out to the three nautical mile limit of state waters. To allow sufficient flexibility to identify a final location for each component of the Browse LNG precinct and associated infrastructure, taking into account Aboriginal cultural heritage concerns as well as environmental and geotechnical considerations, the total physical area of land the subject of compulsory acquisition is 7 457 hectares, and 2 664.6 hectares of seabed. (3)–(4) The deposited plans referred to in the above public notifications are public documents and are available from Landgate. The notices indicate that the plans may be inspected at the Department of Regional Development and Lands, Midland Square, Midland from Monday to Friday between 8.00 am and 5.00 pm, except on public holidays.
(2) It appears that the Kimberley Land Council’s estimate of 20 571 hectares has been derived from an incorrect summation of the areas referred to in three separate public notifications, where the roads and service corridors and overlapping areas appear to have been counted multiple times. As stated in Hansard in answer to question without notice 653, it is proposed that the following areas of land will be acquired by government for the Browse LNG precinct: 2 090 hectares for processing and port land; 400 hectares for accommodation and light industrial land; and 1 040 hectares for port waters. An additional unfenced ancillary area is required for onshore pipelines, roads and services that will total up to 968 hectares of land. Up to 1 197 hectares of seabed is required for offshore pipelines out to the three nautical mile limit of state waters. To allow sufficient flexibility to identify a final location for each component of the Browse LNG precinct and associated infrastructure, taking into account Aboriginal cultural heritage concerns as well as environmental and geotechnical considerations, the total physical area of land the subject of compulsory acquisition is 7 457 hectares, and 2 664.6 hectares of seabed. (3)–(4) The deposited plans referred to in the above public notifications are public documents and are available from Landgate. The notices indicate that the plans may be inspected at the Department of Regional Development and Lands, Midland Square, Midland from Monday to Friday between 8.00 am and 5.00 pm, except on public holidays.

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